weekend vacation.

Saturday night my dad called and asked if I wanted to eat at Olive Garden. I was actually with a friend across the street returning some things at Rue 21. We had eaten already. But didnt have much else to do. So we agreed we should go. We asked the bartender for a coke, got a seat, and waited for a seat. Ofcourse when we got there, Jennifer was eager to see Lexie. Too bad Lexie was sleeping when I left and I didnt have her with me. Uncle Josh has been a pretty good live in baby sitter. Very convenient when shes sleeping and I have things to do. After we ate, Lolly and Pops wanted to see Lexie. She was gladly awake by that time. :)

Jennifer asked to watch her. Ofcourse I won't give up an opportunity like that! I've been dying for a break. and a little free time. And extra time to clean. My dishes had been stacking and my laundry hadnt been done in a wk. Thank God for wonderful grandparents!

I havent heard from them much. I know shes in good hands. Ofcourse shes on top of her blogger, so I know their having a wonderful time! I'm sure she'll be back soon. We will have to do something fun together :)

she knws when its her bath time!

its been a fun morning. I get a phone call which wakes me up from the old guy upstairs. talk to him for about 15 mins. Which reassures Lexie that Im awake. So, as I make an excuse to get off the phone, and finally get to lay back down. Lexie is ofcourse standing in her crib screaming MAMA AHHHHHHHH MAMA AHHHHHH... hah.
soo. I get up let her out to play. Give her a bananna. Then, decide Im going to get in the shower. She follows me to the bathroom and wont leave the shower curtain. Shes pointing at the bath tub because she wants to get in and play. Therefore, Im not showering. and she is! She knows what she wants. Shes in there playing with her new bath toys that her Grandma M got for her.

Today were going to the mall. I predict it will be a fun day :) Maybe, if shes good she will get to play in the malls park. Last mall trip she was sleepy and enjoyed her temper tantrums of throwing herself on the floor and crying... UGHH! lets make sure she gets her nap in!

snow day !

HaVE i MENTIONED? Lexie LOVES to dance. Yesterday, we went to the mall. My mom and I were looking for an outfit for the kids to wear for valentines day. So, Josh took the kids to the play place to play with Lexie and Ryan. He stopped by F.Y.E. and was listening to music on the headphones. Josh gave the headphones to Ryan. He said "that hurts my ears" So josh gave the headphones to Lexie and she gets a HUGE smile on her face and starts dancing. haha.

We tried to have a fun snow day yesterday. We got lots of snow.. about 3 inches? I will post pics later. She wasnt too thrilled. We brought her power wheels outside in the snow thinking that she would ride it. It didn't ride too good threw the snow. Lexie was cold and wanted to take a nap. So, she cried. But she got the jist of it.

She still has a runny nose. I'm still wiping it all the time.

16 months

Lexie went to her Dr's appointment at 2 yesterday. They told me that she has an ear infection in both her ears. I had to reschedule her last appointment because she was sick. Fever, runny nose, coughing, ETC. They said its very common for babies to get ear infections after getting over a sickness. I haven't felt like she has been acting fussy. Maybe a lil bit. But , not enough for her to have an ear infection. I'm guessing shes just a tough little girl. They gave me some amoxisillin to give to her for the next week. I hope she starts feeling better. They also gave her two shots. They said these are the most painful shots that she will get. She got a chicken pox vaccine. I wasn't sure that I really wanted to give it to her. But, the dr didn't tell me what it was until she was already injecting it. I would hate for her to get them at a older age though. I always was scared that would happen to me. Because I also had the same shot. They told me to give her Tylenol to help her the rest of the day.. She took it like a champ. 5 mins after the shot she was good. Never even needed any Tylenol.

Yesterday Lexie went to her Grandmas house. She has a toy there that Lexie was putting the ball threw the hole, and then the ball would fall down the stairs. She LOVED IT. It was kind of like a puzzle. Today I made her a sippie cup of apple juice. She found a regular cup and discovered her sippie cup can fit into the cup. So she drank it that way. Shes so funny.

She has also learned to say NO when she doesnt want something or doesnt want to do something. She will say OOOO OOOO and shake her head NO. haha. SO CUTE. I dont laugh at her though.. I dont want her to think its funny to tell me NO.

Lexies sleeping now. She has been waking up earlier then normal since shes had an ear infection. It sucks, I miss sleeping in... A LOT.

Lexies 2nd christmas!

Our tree and the presents we woke up to that morning :) It was too early for her. She didnt care much for her presents, just for her blankie ...

didn't understand much of why these toys came wrapped..

I love this of her -- just wish her head wasnt cropped in half :(

On new years day, Lexie got to open one present right before bed. She chose to open her laptop. and save her bigger presents for tmrw :) Lexies Daddy had the bright idea of waking up at 5 in the morning and opening presents on Christmas. Lexie, nor I, was very thrilled to be awake at 5 in the morning. I heard Lexie crying a little bit. Buit, she went back to sleep and I rolled over for sleep. I guess you could say we were not too excited. So we slept til 9 and finally woke Lexie up. Really though Lexie probably should have just slept til she was ready to wake up. Because she wasn't in the best of moods. She wasn't crying. Just wasn't as fun as I anticipated. She wasn't doing much opening of the presents. She needed a lot of help. She was a whole lot more interested when it was all unwrapped and she could play with it. After finally playing with a toy she was pretty atatched and didnt want to put it down so she could open more. After opening all of our presents I put her down for a nap. and Johnny attempted to put her four wheeler together so when she woke up we could have it charged and ready for her to ride! He put the steering wheel threw where it was supposed to go. Then, it broke.. I now realize how I got her a power wheels for fifty dollars. Didnt even last a day. I was pretty sad. and very much dreading the thought of having to return things after Christmas. After she woke up we went to my moms for christmas. She got a baby and stroller which she loves. Ron put the stroller together because there was SO many peaces. and I couldnt figure it out. Then, Lexie went to her Daddys for Christmas dinner and presents. Finally, by the time that I got her back she was SUPER ready for a nap again. She didn't realize that there was still more excitement and one more place there was to go for her to open more presents. :) So, after waiting a couple hours of her nap time I couldnt wait anymore. I woke her up and we went to my dad and Jenns for christmas at there house. WHAT A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS. It always is awesome every year. I finally got my laptop I've needed for so long. and a thing to store all my pics on just incase something does ever happen to this laptop. So, i can finally post pics again. and posts whenever my internet decides to work for me. Lexie got tons of stuff. Clothes, toys, books that talk, etc. She also got a drum set I think she will have a lot of fun playing with. pretty neat idea. and what I love the most about it is there is actually a place to put all the peaces.. So I dont find them all around the house.

New Years 2010 we had a blast!! Lexie actually got to stay up until around 12:05. She got so see the ball drop. Not that she understood what that meant. That was staying up LATE for her. She slept until 1:30 the next day. I was very happy she let me sleep in :)

OOPS

She loved walking around with her favorite blanket over head. Shes SO silly!

takes it with her everywhere!
Lexie and her BEST FRIEND Rylee

Finally got a couple pictures posted. Wish I could do it more often.

Yesterday we were walking around outside and she fell flat on her face. CRIED AND CRIED AND CRIED. I picked her up, held her tight, rocking her back and forth. I look at her lip and its GUSHING BLOOD. So sad. It was the first time she ever Bled. I felt so bad for her. The blood just kept coming. I flipped her upside down because that was the only way she was going to let me see her mouth. She was bleeding out of her 2nd top tooth she just got. I washed it off and shortly later she went to sleep. Good thing. She needed the nap. Today when I tried getting her to brush her teeth she was VERY hesitant. She eventually did. But, I didn't want to force it because I don't want her to hate her tooth brush.

slept with mommy :)

well the night before last was the first night that Lexie has slept in the bed with me. She started crying in her crib at about 1 o clock.. I did everything I could to get her to stop crying. But, she still was. She did get one of her top teeth. So she was teething. That may have been why she felt like she needed me. She wouldn't stop crying until I brought her and her blanket to my bed. I laid her down and she quietly went right to sleep. I was super surprised because I have not been able to get her to sleep anywhere besides her crib or a play pin since she was like 3 months old!! So, I enjoyed it.
I stayed at my moms house with her last night. She woke up at 7 in the morning in her play pin and when I went in there I was still feeling really tired. Very much looking forward to just getting back in the cold blankets and going back to sleep. So, I thought maybe if I brought her to my bed she would go back to sleep. When I put her in the bed she cried like she wasn't sleepy and wanted to get out of the bed. So i put her on the ground and she sat there staring at a snow globe. I shut my eyes figuring she would go to sleep soon. When I opened my eyes she was curled up with her blanket on the floor. I figured if I put her in her play pin she would wake up and cry. So, instead she laid in the bed. SHE WAS THE SWEETEST ANGEL ALL MORNING. We didn't go back to sleep. She was loving being tickled. LAUGHING SO HARD! We played the her saying MOMMY.. and i say LEXIE.. to each other OVER AND OVER AGAIN.. haha. Then she gave me about 30 kisses. Then, laid her head on my head for like 10 minutes. It was SO sweet. I definitely think that its the best bonding moment that we have ever had...
Right now she is enjoying a pear. Its the softest, sweetest pear Ive ever had. Her grandma cut it in four different pieces and she is enjoying it, trying to eat three at a time! HAHAHA.